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Sweet Liberty
Quick Facts
DirectorAlan Alda
Runtime1h 46m · PG
GenresComedy · Romance
Release1986-05-16
Film

Sweet Liberty

1986· PG· 1h 46m· Comedy· Romance

Michael Burgess wrote a book about the American Revolution. Now, Hollywood's come to his town to make a movie of it -- Plunging him into a summer of madness.

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.

1986-05-16
Sweet Liberty

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Key Crew
DirectorAlan Alda
WriterAlan Alda
Director of PhotographyFrank Tidy
Original Music ComposerBruce Broughton
Full cast & crew (24 cast · 24 crew)

Details

Released1986-05-16
Runtime1h 46m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosUniversal Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating5.4/10 · 42 votes
Original languageen

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